As regular readers will know September is the month of our annual pilgrimage to the Spanish Pyrenees to take part in the VINCE navigation event. But there were a few big changes this year. Firstly, we had decided not to compete and to enter “tourist class” which meant we avoided the days of preparation during …
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Canada 2024
I flew in to Paris after my UK trip and met up with Alexander, who had come up by train from Limoges. It wasn’t far from the airport to the place we were staying but neither of us fancied the walk with our travel bags, so we looked at other options. It seemed there was …
UK Trip June 2024
Having been rather disappointed with the poor weather on my last UK visit, I decided to schedule my 2024 trip for June, but it wasn’t a big improvement. Like most of the rest of Europe the summer seemed very late in arriving this year. In another change to routine I decided to do the trip …
Normandie 2024
This was a two week trip, split into two parts. The first week was with a bunch of old work buddies on even older bikes pottering round the lanes near Saint-Lo, the second week was dedicated to trail riding near Gace with my mate Dougie. Normandie Old Duffers What started as a one off post …
Montenegro 2024
Over the winter I had a call from Raytcho, one of my trail riding buddies, asking if I was interested in coming to Montenegro to do a bit of trail riding. Originally from Bulgaria he now lives in London but has a holiday home near the coast in Montenegro and likes to spend the summer …